Terrible Robot posted:

What exactly is it that attracts people to Sebrings?

rscott posted:

It's a Renault Alliance.

YF19pilot posted:

No, I think it's the luggage rack. Hipsters and ricers are starting to put that on all their cars these days.

grover posted:

Porsche tool kits come with alignment studs that support the wheel like you get the lug bolts in. Too damned easy to nick the pain on the brake calipers, though, I'd much rather have studs.
So, he put a functional luggage rack on a beetle, that's.... oh.

Frozen-Solid posted:

Look at this abomination that I saw at McDonald's today. Just look at it. Those are the ugliest drat rims I've ever seen.

MiniFoo posted:

Sarcasm aside, it would be inconvenient if the hood unlatched while the car is moving.

Shifty Pony posted:

The filter is not paper but some fancy foam thing designed to last for 150k miles and even includes a flow restriction indicator so you know when the unit needs to be changed.

wipeout posted:

Wouldn't that attempt to improve emissions compliance, actually increase emissions when the filter gets clogged? Interesting solution to the problem.

Bucephalus posted:

RE: silver cars: you're paying for paint, you might as well choose an actual color.

cursedshitbox posted:

I was looking for vacuum adjust Bosch E spec lights for my w124 and saw this.

einTier posted:

Less talk, more pictures.

Grumbletron 4000 posted:

I'm about 6'1" and 250 lbs. I can imagine the poor thing straining beneath my bulk. Would it really be that bad for a fatso like me?

I have fond memories of the old Honda Passport scooter I had as a kid. I get all nostalgic and start wanting a tiny motorcycle sometimes.

Carteret posted:

[timg]http://www.motorstown.com/images/honda-big-ruckus-04.jpg[/timg
Honda Big Ruckus

Blitter posted:

I was having a smoke and it was -30C and windy as hell, so I wandered off to get out of the wind.

Oh!

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• Bad Camo paint
  
• 2 x Grappling hooks and rope (only visible on the driver side photo if barely, but was present on both sides)
  
• 2 x Baseball bats
  
• Pick axe
  
• Double bladed axe
  
• Small shovel
  
• A big rack of various sledges, pitchforks and unidentifiable pointy objects on poles (racked in the back)
  

This was the day before Christmas which made it seem even stranger.

I planned on getting better pics and hopefully spotting the owner/occupants but they were gone before I was up.
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Pseudonym posted:

I think this thread has come full circle.

Falkenbok posted:

And if you're in France, they used to be standard there until the EEC made them change it.

Cenodoxus posted:

PT Cruiser hood, BMW grille, Grand Am bumper and possibly side skirts, and Volvo tail lights.

Probable country of origin: Russia?

canyoneer posted:

I saw this on the Internet. At least the wheels match

Shrapnac posted:

Ah 95, I'm assuming that's 95 heading into or out of Philly, what a wonderful place to see horribly shitted up cars.

Measly Twerp posted:

Jesus making GBS threads christ what the gently caress

Collateral Damage posted:

Carteret posted:

Who's ready for a montage of fail at the Tail of the Dragon?!











It's cool though: he had his driving gloves on!

Number_6 posted:

Your accelerator pedal and brake pedal seem almost comically huge compared to most modern cars. Or is that an optical illusion?

Kolta posted:

Creeping, I've found this.

E: Don't think it's his though, maybe a friend.

KozmoNaut posted:

What's that stupid sunglasses and fedora-wearing badly-mustachioed 'thing' in the trunk supposed to be? I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't place it.

CommieGIR posted:

Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6xX0zSvp7w

CommieGIR posted:

What? That is news to me.

Century of flight posted:

There are other reasons that would have tended against the use of the rotary into more modern times and the greatest of these would be its enormous appetite for oil. The fuel was mixed with air as it was introduced through a primitive "carburettor" - usually in the tail end of the crankshaft. Via this route it made its way to the crankcase where is picked up all of the oil that was loose. When the fuel mixture was introduced to the combustion chamber it was very much a mix of fuel, air, and castor oil.

The imperfect combustion of any engine is not equalled by that of a rotary. The castor oil, being the least combustible of the two liquids, was spewed out into the atmosphere. It would be but a short time before the whole of the slipstream area of the aeroplane would be well coated with castor oil. The pilot would be soaking up oil at a fairly rapid rate as well. It is arguable that the reason for cowling the engine had as much to do with trying to control the wildly spewing oil as it was to do with the concepts of streamlining. The usual practice was to direct the oil underneath the fuselage by opening up the bottom of the cowl.

However, a cowling is not a favourite item to a rotary. The cylinders are air-cooled. As has been mentioned, the use of two banks of cylinders caused trouble enough. The cowling made the engine much hotter that it liked. The reason for the cutout in the bottom of the cowl, then, was to direct the spray of oil as well as to aid in cooling the engine. Some of the cowlings of WWI aeroplanes show evidence of extra cooling openings being cut into them by mechanics in the field.

Many people remark about the pleasantness of the odour of burnt castor oil. Out in the open where one's exposure is contrasted with other scents, it can be an enjoyable sensation. It is still nice if you are saying, "bye-bye" to the pilot before you go back to your mechanic's tasks. But to sit behind an engine that is spraying you with un-burnt - as well as burnt - castor oil is quite another matter after a few hours. The oil is known for its purgative qualities. It would be impossible to expose oneself to such an atmosphere and not experience certain difficulties.

HairyNipple! posted:

blk posted:

dphi posted:

I remember seeing a few drivers in SF a few years back that, after parking, opened their trunk and flipped down an attached cushion to protect their bumpers from parallel parkers. I thought that was a pretty cool idea.

edit - like this, basically - http://chariotauto.com/

blugu64 posted:

I've only got one thing to say, with age comes wisdom. Those who won't be able to remember Kris Kross are doomed to wear their clothes backwards again.

Geirskogul posted:

The post on Reddit (I'll admit it) says it came into the shop for a clogged fuel filter, and the fuel filter was honest-to-god clogged with Bondo. And also that it is not a joke car, but the guy driving it is absolutely serious. Must be schizophrenic or something.

Darko posted:

I think that James Bondo up there is molding an entirely new car out of that.

Zamboni Apocalypse posted:

Looks like big American iron from the '60s or so - two-door for sure, might have a back seat.